Manchester City will hope to continue their winning-form as they face Southampton at St. Mary’s Stadium on Saturday.
City won the last match against rivals Liverpool 4:1 at Ethihad Stadium. Guardiola’s side are breathing under neck of League leaders Arsenal and will make the most of any slip-ups. On the contrary, Southampton came away from the London Stadium empty handed last weekend as they lost 1:0 against West Ham United.
Nayed Aguerd’s first-half header proved to be the winning goal against Southampton. This was their 18th Premier League defeat of the season and Saints are currently sitting at relegation-spot(20th position).
However, City came from behind against Liverpool to win the match and Alvarez, De Bruyne, Gundogan and Grealish names were on the scoresheet at Ethihad. Guardiola’s side are currently sit at 2nd spot in the Premier League Table.
Southampton Premier League Form: W D L D L
Manchester City Premier League Form: D W W W W
SOUTHAMPTON VS MAN CITY: TEAM NEWS
Southampton Team News:
Saints manager Selles has confirmed that both Che Adams and Mohammed Salisu has picked up injuries during the international break. Armel Bella-Kotchap missed the clash against West Ham and the centre-back might not play against City.
Southampton’s Possible Line-up:
Gavin Bazunu, Kyle Walker-Peters, Jan Bednarek, Duje Caleta-Car, Romain Peraud, Stuart Armstrong, James Ward-Prowse, Romeo Lavia, Mohamed Elyounoussi, Theo Walcott, Sékou Mara
Manchester City Team News:
Erling Haaland will be returning to training on Wednesday as he looks to start at St. Mary’s. Phil Foden will be out as he continues his recovery from an operation to remove his appendix.
Manchester City’s Possible Line-up:
Ederson, Kyle Walker, Manuel Akanji, Aymeric Laporte, Bernardo Silva, İlkay Gündoğan, Rodri, Kevin De Bruyne, Riyad Mahrez, Erling Haaland, Jack Grealish
OUR PREDICTION
Southampton 0:5 Manchester City
It will be a goal-fest for Manchester City and we back Haaland to score another Premier League hattrick against the Saints on Saturday evening.
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